More so, the ability to block malware and viruses is where PC Matic shines. To answer MadMonkey’s post, yes there were certainly some companies out there that were relying on fear to sell their products, but those have all disappeared. PC Matic's White List. PC Matic uses a white list that identifies the good programs that you want to run on your computer. There's a small chance that PC Matic might block a good program that you want to run, but on the other hand, PC Matic's white list blocks significantly more viruses than any other product.
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Other benefits of registering an account are subscribing to topics and forums, creating a blog, and having no ads shown anywhere on the site.or read our to learn how to use this site. Edit 01/19/16: I have modified my original assessment of PC Matic after representatives (including the CEO and VP of Cyber Security) have taken the time to visit Bleeping Computer (see ), explain their product in more detail, answer specific questions and allow some of our members to test it. Since the PC Matic web site did not offer specific details, especially in regards to malware detection and removal.all I had to base my opinion on was the information provided on their web site, the high number of consumer complaints, the high rate of false positive detections and TV commercials.If you are willing to dig around the PC Matic web site, you eventually will find information about, the proprietary real-time technology component to PC Matic. That page also goes into a little more detail about their use of a ' white list' (short good list of applications and processes that are authorized to run) approach in addition to a ' black list' (long bad list of potential malware). CEO Rob Cheng and other well known security experts explain the benefits of whitelisting, especially in regards to protecting against ransomware.PC Matic's new VP of Cyber Security (Dodi Glenn) has been in the security industry for over 15 years, was one of the developers of VIPRE and at one time the Product Manager for VIPRE.
For those who remember, Sunbelt Software (the vendors who originally made VIPRE and CounterSpy) was among the early pioneers in security development. On January 5, 2016, and they score very high in VVirus Bulletin's Comparative Review for Reactive and Proactive (RAP) tests.The PC Matic team is in the process of making changes to their web site and provide more information in regards to the security/detection/removal features of their product based on feedback from BC members. From my contact with them, it is apparent that the vendor is more serious-minded than their original TV advertisement would lead some consumers to believe.While I have reevaluated my original assessment, I am still somewhat skeptical about the high rate of false positives and still do not recommend the use of it's registry cleaning/optimization features (see ). While some of the optimization features are certainly useful (i.e. Disk defrag, junk file cleaning, disabling what startups I don't want, etc), I prefer to have manual control of my system by using similar stand-alone products or Windows built-in tools. I would never use or recommend registry cleaning and driver updating utilities in any product, not just PC Matic. However, PC Matic allows you to uncheck any optimization feature you do not want to use as part of it's scan.see the section on Cleaning Options in the.Dodi explains the high false positive detection rate in this.
When a legitimate program is blocked (a ) that the user has attempted to run, they have two options. Override the whitelisting technology with seven mouse clicks, or.
Wait 24 hours for proper categorization.the blocked application is automatically sent to PC Matic's malware research team and is tested within 24 hours. It is then categorized as either safe or malicious.After a year (02/15/17), my revised assessment above is still essentially the same.see my comments in.Edit 03/08/17: To address the registry cleaning concerns.is software which claims to be an optimizing tool with registry cleaning capability (click the Features tab) that purports to improve performance, make repairs, enhance the speed of a computer, remove viruses and prevent malware infections. PC Matic does not come with typcial anti-virus protection which can find and remove malware as the TV advertisements indicate. The Overview tab says it provide protection against threats by utilizing a 'white list' that only allows trusted applications to run.
If you read the information under the Features tab on the vendor's website it only says the product protects against modern security threats.and it doesn't specifically say how. They also fail to tell customers that their product has. If you are willing to dig around the PC Matic web site, you eventually will find information about, the proprietary real-time technology component to PC Matic. That page also goes into a little more detail about their use of a 'white list' (good list) approach in addition to a 'black list'. Not mentioned for some reason is the company's use and explanation of it's heuristic and behavioral detection technology.is the actual company which makes PC Matic. 'a collection of all of PC Pitstop's technologies under one hood and one integrated architecture' as they describe it.
PC Pitstop is a member of the Microsoft Virus Initiative, the Microsoft Virus Information Alliance, ICSA Labs (a Verizon company), the Anti-Virus Product Developers Consortium, and their product is tested with Virus Bulletin. PC Pitstop was founded in November 1999 by Rob Cheng (the CEO in the PC Matic commercials) and introduced its first in 2004.The optimization and performance improvement claims made by such software vendors are borderline scams. There is no statistical evidence to back such claims.
Advertisements to do so are a marketing ploy intended to goad users into using an unnecessary and potential dangerous product. I would not trust any results the program detects as problematic or needing repair nor recommend using the options to fix them.
.Open System by clicking the Start button, right-clickingComputer, and then clicking Properties.Click Advanced system settings. If you're prompted for an administrator passwordor confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.Under Performance, click Settings.Click the Data Execution Prevention tab, and then click Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I select.To turn off DEP for an individual program, select the check box next to the program that you want to turn off DEP for, and then click OK.If the program is not in the list, click Add. Browse to theProgram Files folder, find the executable file for the program (it will have an.exe file name extension), and then click Open.Click OK, click OK in the System Properties dialog box if it appears, and then click OK again.
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